Chandigarh, December 20: Three persons, including a Punjab Police constable, were arrested on charges of stalking and attempting to kidnap a Mohali-based woman here, the police said on Tuesday.
The alleged incident comes just a few months after a senior Haryana IAS officer’s daughter, Varnika Kundu, made similar allegations against two men, including the son of Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala, bringing to centre-stage the issue of women’s safety.
The victim in a complaint lodged with the Chandigarh Police accused three persons of following her and then blocking her way on Sunday night in Sector 36 here, the police said.
Acting on the complaint, the police arrested Jaskaran Singh (27), a constable posted in Mohali, and two of his friends, Gurdas Singh and Karamveer Singh, both in their twenties.
The incident took place when the victim was returning home in her vehicle around midnight, she claimed. When she reached Sector 36 in Chandigarh, the three started following her in their SUV, a police officer said.
“The victim in her complaint claimed they tried to block her way. However, she managed to escape and then called the PCR for help,” the officer said.
The three accused were nabbed and booked under several Sections, including Section 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 354-D (stalking) and 365 (kidnapping with intent to secretly, wrongfully confining a person) of the IPC, the officer added. “They were sent to judicial remand by the court today (Tuesday),” Chandigarh Deputy Superintendent of Police (South) Deepak Yadav said.
Mr. Yadav said the Chandigarh Police will intimate its counterparts in Punjab about the involvement of a Mohali police constable in the stalking incident.
In August , a Haryana IAS officer’s daughter had accused state BJP chief’s son Vikas Barala and one of his friends of stalking and attempting to abduct her.
The incident had triggered widespread outrage and a spate of protests.
Source The Hindu
